[sat-l-ahyt] 
| 1. | Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon. |
| 2. | a country under the domination or influence of another. |
| 3. | something, as a branch office or an off-campus facility of a university, that depends on, accompanies, or serves something else. |
| 4. | an attendant or follower of another person, often subservient or obsequious in manner. |
| 5. | a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, or constituting a satellite: the nation's new satellite program. |
| 7. | subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like: summoned to a conference of satellite nations. |
| sat·el·lite (sāt'l-īt') n.
[French, hanger-on, hireling, from Old French, from Latin satelles, satellit-.] |
satellite sat·el·lite (sāt'l-īt')
n.
A minor structure accompanying a more important or larger one.
A short segment of a chromosome separated from the rest by a constriction, typically associated with the formation of a nucleolus.
A colony of microorganisms whose growth in culture medium is enhanced by certain substances produced by another colony in its proximity.
satellite (sāt'l-īt') Pronunciation Key
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